Today's TRMS
Osama bin Laden's driver has just been convicted of providing material support to terrorists following an illegal, secretive terrifying kangaroo court trial at Guantanamo. Joining Rachel tonight to talk about Hamdan's life, trial and conviction is the man who just wrote the definitive book on the subject, Jonathan Mahler. His new book is called: The Challenge: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and the Fight Over Presidential Power.
Also, journalists only need the vaguest sign of friendship between one of the candidates and another politician to assume that a vice presidential choice is nigh. But, it does seem like Obama is spending an awful lot of time with Evan Bayh. So much so that we are nervous this is more than a coincidence. So we've asked John Nichols to join us today to talk about why Bayh would be a terrible, terrible running mate.
I give rachel credit for her frontpage
I also hold her to a higher standard because I feel she is on our side. The side of reason, responsibility, and truth.
Frankly I find it amazing which stories go away and which ones stick around. Lacey Peterson... why do I even know that name? Yet the Downing Street Memo hardly ever gets talked about. There are key people who have the ability to advance the conversation along the correct lines. These are the people whom we should apply pressure.
The question about the media that haunts me is this: Does the media deliberately try to influence politics (Fox is a given)? I am sure they chase ratings... but do they deliberately misreport news in favor of ratings? How do these mechanisms work and what can we do to stop them.
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By pdxgeekAugust 6, 2008 - 6:59pm